Death On The North Sea Gunnery Range

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Subject: Death On The North Sea Gunnery Range
From: "Keith Willshaw"
Date: 8/9/2004 7:44 AM Pacific Standard Time
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I once knew an RAF coastal command type and he
reckoned that fine weather and smooth seas were
always dangerous because it was hard to get a
visual cue of how high you really were. He said
they lost aircraft the same way and they did this
for a living.

Keith


You are right Keith. It was CAVU all the way. To this day I still keep
wondering what the hell went wrong. Six good men lost in an instant. And
the
war was over Could you cry?

There was a possibillity that the UK and USA may start trading blows with
the Russians. Patton was apparently raring to go. The dangerous training
was surely as to retain opperation readiness as deterent to the Soviets.

Did the Maruader have a radio altimeter that could have provided a warning
to the pilot? Some USN dive bombers had automatic pullout based on radar
altimeter.

If you were bombing target say 1000 ft or more above sea leavel did you
rely on topographic data from maps or did you have a radar to tell you
altitude above ground level?